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calculation question
I have a rather large table with inventory movements, with changing purchase prices over time, and I need to calculate the difference between the then-current price and the last previous one.
I tried using the following formula, but for whatever reason I keep getting the same difference amount for later entries, and I cannot figure out what's wrong.
The first line is there to make sure the first line per item shows as zero, as that didn't work properly either.
Ignore the x columns, just for spacing because the forum is being weird with the table.
| Id | x | Datum | x | Artikel_id | Artikel_nummer | EK_LC | x | diff_amount |
| 714617 | 15.12.2023 | 367 | 4020 | 1,5500 | 0 | |||
| 842002 | 21.08.2024 | 367 | 4020 | 0,5995 | -0,95 | |||
| 892122 | 27.11.2024 | 367 | 4020 | 0,5995 | -0,95 | |||
| 892632 | 28.11.2024 | 367 | 4020 | 0,5995 | -0,95 | |||
| 916045 | 13.01.2025 | 367 | 4020 | 0,5995 | -0,95 | |||
| 927772 | 04.02.2025 | 367 | 4020 | 0,5995 | -0,95 | |||
| 939514 | 21.02.2025 | 367 | 4020 | 0,5995 | -0,95 |
In the model view select the table and set the key column to Id. Then you can create a calculated column like
Diff Amount = VAR CurrentAmount = X_Lagerwerte[EK_LC] VAR PrevAmount = SELECTCOLUMNS( OFFSET( -1, ALLEXCEPT( X_Lagerwerte, X_Lagerwerte[Diff Amount] ), ORDERBY( X_Lagerwerte[Datum], ASC, X_Lagerwerte[Id], ASC ), PARTITIONBY( X_Lagerwerte[Artikel_id], X_Lagerwerte[Artikel_nummer] ) ), X_Lagerwerte[EK_LC] ) VAR Result = IF( ISBLANK( PrevAmount ), 0, CurrentAmount - PrevAmount ) RETURN ResultTo avoid the circular dependency error in your % calculation you will need to add that column to the ALLEXCEPT in the diff amount column.
The code I wrote works using the OFFSET function. That sorts the table specified by date and ID ( the ID is in case there are multiple entries for one date ) and partitions it by the article ID and number. It then chooses the previous row relative to the current row, and pulls the amount from that previous row.
The reason that you need to include any calculated columns in the ALLEXCEPT is that otherwise OFFSET would work on the entire table, which would include those calculated columns.
I hope this explains how it works.
7 Replies
- pankajnamekar25Super User
Hellio zahlenschubser
You this mesure
diff_amount =
VAR CurrentId = X_Lagerwerte[Id]
VAR ArtikelId = X_Lagerwerte[Artikel_id]
VAR CurrentEK = X_Lagerwerte[EK_LC]
VAR PrevEK =
CALCULATE(
MAX(X_Lagerwerte[EK_LC]),
TOPN(
1,
FILTER(
X_Lagerwerte,
X_Lagerwerte[Artikel_id] = ArtikelId &&
X_Lagerwerte[Id] < CurrentId
),
X_Lagerwerte[Id],
DESC
)
)
VAR IsFirstEntry =
CurrentId = CALCULATE(
MIN(X_Lagerwerte[Id]),
FILTER(
X_Lagerwerte,
X_Lagerwerte[Artikel_id] = ArtikelId
)
Thanks,
Pankaj Namekar | LinkedInIf this solution helps, please accept it and give a kudos (Like), it would be greatly appreciated.
- zahlenschubserHelper IV
That contains only variables, did you pull this from chatgpt?
- johnt75Super User
In the model view select the table and set the key column to Id. Then you can create a calculated column like
Diff Amount = VAR CurrentAmount = X_Lagerwerte[EK_LC] VAR PrevAmount = SELECTCOLUMNS( OFFSET( -1, ALLEXCEPT( X_Lagerwerte, X_Lagerwerte[Diff Amount] ), ORDERBY( X_Lagerwerte[Datum], ASC, X_Lagerwerte[Id], ASC ), PARTITIONBY( X_Lagerwerte[Artikel_id], X_Lagerwerte[Artikel_nummer] ) ), X_Lagerwerte[EK_LC] ) VAR Result = IF( ISBLANK( PrevAmount ), 0, CurrentAmount - PrevAmount ) RETURN Result- zahlenschubserHelper IV
How would that work if the column is referencing itself in the ALLEXCEPT part?
The ID is already the main column, thankfully.- johnt75Super User
That's to prevent a circular dependency error. It looks like an error in the formula bar, but that's just an Intellisense issue, the column does actually work OK.